Gina Parr

Lives and works in Devon/London, UK

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Artist  statement

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EDUCATION

1975 - 1976 Foundation Course Exeter College of Art

1976 - 1979 1st Class BA Honours Degree in Fine Art Lanchester Polytechnic Coventry

1980 - 1981 PGCADE Middlesex Polytechnic London

1982 - 1983 Set Design for Television Chelsea College of Art London

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCE ART

2019 Two Artist show “Deceived with Ornament" Renata Maiblum Gallery Copenhagen 

2019 Solo show “Night Fishing “David Lolly Gallery Cambridge

2018 Solo show “Casting off“Brook Contemporary Budleigh Salterton Devon

2018 Commission Belmond Cadogan Hotel London - Artefact Hotel Consultants

2018 Commission Belgium - Artefact Hotel Consultants

2017 Commission for 2 large works for the Middle East - Artefact Hotel Consultants

2014 Solo show Candida Stevens Gallery Chichester

2013 Four paintings purchased by Keble College, Oxford’s permanent collection

2012 /13/14 Devon Open Studios

2009 Coningsby Gallery London

2007 Four Walls Gallery Brighton

1981 Performance Eat me drink me, Spacex Gallery Exeter - Arts Council England grant funded

1981 Performance Chocolate, Heaven London

1980 Performance Walking with Ducks, Middlesex Polytechnic London

1980 Performance The Line, The Drill Hall London

1980 Performance Not enough room to swing a cat in here, Waterloo Gallery London - Arts Council England grant funded

1980 – 1983 Various large scale murals London

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / TV

2021 Gallery Artists Group show The Stratford Gallery 62 High St, Broadway WR12 7DT

2020/21 Group show of Gallery Artist The Archive Fine Art - 14 The Guild Salisbury

2021 Photographs on set of “This Way Up” for Channel 4

2020 Chaiya Art Awards Exhibition (online)

2020 SWA 159th Annual Exhibition (online)

2020 Group Show The Irving Gallery Oxford

2020 Paintings on set of “ Flack “ on W UK, and Pop US

2020 Paintings on set of new series “ The One “ for Netflix

2020 Paintings and Photography on set of new SKY Production “ Breeders “ staring Martin Freeman

2019 Brook Gallery Fresh Art Fair Ascot Racecourse

2019 Virginia Damtsa Gallery Group show

2019 David Lolly Gallery - AAF Battersea London

2018 Boecho Gallery London - Christmas show

2018 100% Design Fair - Brook Gallery with Art Haus at Olympia Grand London

2019 December Group show Renata Maiblum Gallery Copenhagen

2019 SWA 158th Annual Exhibition The Mall Galleries London

2019 Brook Gallery Fresh Art Fair Ascot Racecourse 

2019 David Lolly Gallery - AAF Battersea London

2018 Boecho Gallery London - Christmas show

2018 100% Design Fair - Brook Gallery with Art Haus at Olympia Grand London

2018 Summer show The Stratford Gallery

2018 Online Exhibition at Artsy with David Lolly Gallery

2018 Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham with Brook Contemporary

2018 “The Blues” Boecho Gallery London

2018 Shortlisted for The Chaiya Art Awards OXO Gallery London

2018 Paintings on set of new BBC Production staring Martin Freeman in 2019

2017 Christmas show Candida Stevens Gallery

2017 Christmas / Jan 18 show The Stratford Gallery Stratford Upon Avon

2017 Candida Stevens Gallery The Affordable Art Fair Battersea London

2017 Brook Contemporary Budleigh Salterton, Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham

2017 "The Land" Candida Stevens Gallery Chichester

2017 "Beyond the real” The Stratford Gallery Stratford Upon Avon

2016 Artdog Gallery Edinburugh Art Fair, Hampstead AAF, Manchester Buy Art Fair

2015 "Kind of Blue" Candida Stevens Fine Art Chichester

2015 "Driven to abstraction" Atom Gallery London

2014 Thomas and Paul Gallery Collection and Mixed Media Summer show Little Venice London

2014 Paintings and Photographs on set - David Hares BBC 2 Drama Woricker - Salting the Battlefield

2013 "An abstract view" Thomas and Paul Gallery Little Venice London

2013 – 2015 AAF Battersea London Skylark Artist Collective

2011 – 2013 The Other Art Fair, Ambika P3, The Truman Brewery, The Bargehouse London

2013 Paintings on set, Ben Elton series The Wright Way BBC1

2011 – 2013 Painting on set, Holby City BBC 1

2010 Artswipe Gallery Remasters, London

2007 – 2014 Sandra Higgins Fine Art London

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TELEVISION PRODUCTION SET DESIGN FREELANCE 

Production Set Designer BBC, Channel 4, ITV

1996 - 2007 Freelance Production Set Designer for Television BBC, Channel 4, ITV

1983 - 1996 Television Production Set Designer / Senior Designer BBC Design Department TV Centre London

 

TEACHING / LECTURING

2003 Television Design Consultant, Turkish Radio and Television Istanbul Turkey

1991 - 1996 Design for Television, BBC Television London

1990 - 1991 Design for Television, Chelsea College of Art

1988 Design for Television, Nottingham University

1986 Design for Television, London College of Fashion

 

PUBLICATIONS

The Independent Review

Homes and Gardens

Tallulah Art and Design Journal

The Londonist

Discover Art

Where is God in our 21st Century World?

 

NOTABLE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Keble College Oxford (Permanent Art Collection)

Senior Economist Goldman Sachs London

President Boston Children’s Museum USA (Private Collection)

Director Jestico + Whiles Architects London (Private Collection)

The Belmond Cadogan Hotel Sloane Street London (Collection of female Artists)

William Gaminara (Actor - Leo - Silent Witness BBC) and Kate Locke London (Private Collection)

Kate Buffery (Actress and voice of Digital Switchover) London (Private Collection )